Have felt somewhat subdued since leaving PE. Not sure if it is prolonged exposure to airports, or the portent of things to come, or cellphones and aggravated circumstances surrounding them. Allan Muir met Corneli and I at the airport. It was good to see him. I was over the weight limit so gave him a wheel and magazine and gave the rest to Corneli. Had pretty mixed feelings about flying when I was still feeling tired and was enjoying Jenny[;'s company after being basically on my own in the hotel room for a week. The day before the flight was extremely hectic. Had to go to two banks in a taxi, to the airport to arrange two flights, to the bike shop to swap around my handlebars, to the Boardwalk to see if I could find Paul Wolf so I could locate R500 worth of stuff I left in my Special Needs bag and possibly get an Ironman Finsher shirt, also take in photos, and fit in arbitrary things like eating, phone calls, packing and getting my head around what I was doing. Managed to get it all done the day before the flight, but did leave a few things undone. Forgot to collect my degree and CV from Bloem (forgot to ask my sister to bring it up). Also didn't get round to making two bank transfers. Will try to sort everything out when I catch my breath.